Randle Highlands

Randle Highlands is a neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., east of the Anacostia River.

Map of Washington, D.C., with Randle Highlands highlighted in red

History

The intersection of Naylor Rd. and 23rd St., SE, in Randle Highlands, December 2017

Born in 1859, Colonel Arthur E. Randle was a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century real estate developer, who earned some recognition for building Congress Heights, before developing Hillcrest and other neighborhoods, east of the Anacostia River.[1] Moving his family into a large, Greek Revival house - later nicknamed 'The Southeast White House' - in what is, now, the Randle Highlands neighborhood, Randle encouraged more Washingtonians to follow and build grand homes, along Pennsylvania Avenue.[2]

Transportation

The nearest Metrorail station to Randle Highlands is the Potomac Avenue Station, which is located on Pennsylvania Avenue about 1.5 miles west of Randle Highlands. Although the neighborhood is not directly served by a rail station, it is served by several Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrobus lines, all of which stop at the Potomac Avenue Station.[3][4][5][6]

Route	Name	Type	Western Terminus	Eastern Terminus	Randle Highlands Via	Eastbound Stops in Randle Highlands	Westbound Stops in Randle Highlands
30N	Friendship Heights-Southeast Line	Local	Friendship Heights Station	Naylor Road Station	Pennsylvania Avenue	27th Street, 30th Street, and 31st Street	31st Street, 30th Street, and 28th Street
30S	Friendship Heights-Southeast Line	Local	Friendship Heights Station	Southern Avenue Station	Naylor Road, 23rd & 25th Streets	Park Place, R Street, and S Street	S Street, R Street, and Q Street
32	Pennsylvania Avenue Line	Local	Potomac Park	Southern Avenue Station	Naylor Road, 23rd & 25th Streets	Park Place, R Street, and S Street	S Street, R Street, and Q Street
34	Pennsylvania Avenue Line	Local	Archives Station	Naylor Road Station	Naylor Road, 23rd & 25th Streets	Park Place, R Street, and S Street	S Street, R Street, and Q Street
36	Pennsylvania Avenue Line	Local	Potomac Park	Naylor Road Station	Pennsylvania Avenue	27th Street, 30th Street, and 31st Street	31st Street, 30th Street, and 28th Street
M6	Fairfax Village Line	Local	Potomac Avenue Station	Fairfax Village	Pennsylvania Avenue	27th Street, 30th Street, and 31st Street	31st Street, 30th Street, and 28th Street
39	Pennsylvania Avenue MetroExtra Line	Limited Stop	Potomac Park	Naylor Road Station	Pennsylvania Avenue	30th Street	30th Street

Education

Elementary school

Randle Highlands Elementary School (1650 30th Street, S.E.) is the only school located within the Randle Highlands neighborhood. Most elementary age students living in Randle Highlands live in the Randle Highlands Elementary School district, however, some elementary students in Randle Highlands live in the Lawrence E. Boone Elementary School (2200 Minnesota Avenue, S.E.) district. The original school was built in 1911, then replaced by a newer building in 2002.

Middle school

Most middle school aged students in Randle Highlands live in the Sousa Middle School (3650 Ely Place, S.E.) district, however, some middle school students in Randle Highlands live in the Kramer Middle School (1700 Q Street, S.E.) district.

High school

All of Randle Highlands is in the Anacostia High School (1601 16th Street, S.E.) school district.[7]

Government & politics

Federal

Randle Highlands is located entirely within the borders of the District of Columbia, which means they do not have voting representation in Congress. However, the residents of the District of Columbia elect a non-voting delegate to congress as well as two Shadow Senators and a Shadow Representative who promote the interests of residents.

Current representation at the federal level

Name	Position	Party	Took office	Up for reelection
Eleanor Holmes Norton	Delegate	Democratic	1991	2020
Paul Strauss	Shadow Senator	Democratic	1997	2020
Michael Brown	Shadow Senator	Democratic	2007	2024
Franklin Garcia	Shadow Representative	Democratic	2015	2020

District

Randle Highlands is located primarily in Ward 7, although a small section of the westernmost portion of the neighborhood is located in Ward 8.

Current representation at the district level

Name	Position	Party	Took office	Up for reelection
Phil Mendelson	Chairman	Democratic	1999	2022
David Grosso	At-large	Independent	2013	2020
Elissa Silverman	At-large	Independent	2015	2022
Anita Bonds	At-large	Democratic	2012	2022
Robert White	At-large	Democratic	2016	2020
Vince Gray	Ward 7	Democratic	2017	2020
Trayon White	Ward 8	Democratic	2017	2020

[8]

Local

In addition to the eight wards, the District of Columbia is further divided into Advisory Neighborhood Commission's or ANC's which are a non-partisan, neighborhood body made up of locally elected commissioners elected to two year terms from their ANC's single member district (SMD). While Randle Highland is primary in SMD 7B02,[9] there is a small section of the neighborhood in SMD 7B03[9] as well as a small section in SMD 8A01.[10]

Current representation at the local level

Name	Single Member District	Party
Tiffany L. Brown	7B02[11]	Non-Partisan
Benjamin Crane	7B03[11]	Non-Partisan
Nicole Smith-McDermott	7B04[11]	Non-Partisan
Holly Muhammad	8A01[12]	Non-Partisan
Troy Prestwood	8A03[12]	Non-Partisan

Civic association

Randle Highlands has an active civic association which meets during the months of March through November on the 4th Thursday of each month at the D.C. Dream Center (2826 Q Street, S.E.).[13]

Boundaries

Randle Highlands is bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the north; Naylor Road, 27th Street, and Texas Avenue to the south; Fort Stanton Park to the southeast; and Minnesota Avenue to the west.

Bordering neighborhoods

References

1. "Randle, Col. Arthur E. (obituary)" (PDF). Washington Post. July 5, 1929. p. 3.
2. "Reminiscences by Ulmo E. Randle". History - Southeast White House. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
3. "Metrobus 30N & 30S Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
4. "Metrobus Routes 32, 34, & 36 Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
5. "Metrobus Route M6 Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
6. "Metrobus Route 39 Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
7. "SY2016-2017 School Feeder Patterns" (PDF). District of Columbia Public Schools.
8. "D.C. Councilmembers". Council of the District of Columbia. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
9. "ANC7B 2013 Boundaries" (PDF). 2013 ANC and SMD Boundaries. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
10. "ANC 8A 2013 Boundaries" (PDF). 2013 ANC and SMD Boundaries.
11. "Advisory Neighborhood Commission 7B". District of Columbia Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
12. "2015-2016 Commissioners". Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8A. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
13. "Randle Highlands Civic Association Community Meeting". Randle Highlands Civic Association Meetings.